Connecting Public and Private Transportation

Tranzito helps public agencies integrate – rather than compete with – private mobility.

OUR VISION

Technology has changed consumer expectations for everything. Transportation is no exception.

Powered by smartphones, transportation is becoming an on-demand service. New platforms allow riders to combine multiple modes of transit into a single trip, optimizing for cost and efficiency. But shared mobility demands both curb space and electricity — public goods with a limited supply.

Tranzito helps public agencies assert control over public curb space, ensuring safe and equitable transportation for all.

Our Roadmap

Our team has a long history of firsts in the micromobility space, and we’re not done innovating.

2004

BART Bike Station

Tranzito (originally BikeHub) is founded, and in partnership with BART, opens the nation’s first stand-alone valet bike parking facility. This sets the stage for us earning statewide prominence as the go-to operator of municipal bike parking programs.

2005

City CarShare Telematics

While at City CarShare, Tranzito’s Adam Shapiro collaborates on car share telematic development — purchasing, equipping, and monitoring a fleet of 180 conventional and hybrid vehicles using its proprietary vehicle-tracking technology, which later was licensed to several car share operators nationwide.

2012

City CarShare eBike Charge Pilot

Tranzito teams up with City CarShare to launch the nation’s first ebike charging station. BikeHub worked with City CarShare to offer eBikes to its members, a pre-pilot to the eventual 90-bike and 20 location program, led by UC Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center and the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency.

2012

2013

Caltrain Bike Station

Tranzito is named as operator and construction manager for Caltrain Bike Station SF, the busiest secure bike parking facility in the nation. Tranzito later adds Caltrain BikeHub Palo Alto to the growing network.

2013

BikeIndex Global Bike Registry

Tranzito’s Seth Herr co-creates the first global free bike registry. BikeIndex, a 501c3 non-profit, is the most widely-used bike registration service in the world, registering hundreds of bikes daily and serving millions of weekly requests through its open API.

2016

2017

Google Gbike

2017

Spin

Tranzito’s Seth Herr helps launch Spin, maintaining its backend and connecting with telematics devices on tens of thousands of bicycles, and eventual migration and support of scooters & ebikes. Spin was acquired by Ford in 2018.

2017

2018

LADOT Mobility Hub

Tranzito is named as designer and operator for the nation’s first micromobility hub. Features such as secure bike parking, micromobility charging, and multimodal trip planning are integrated into a single location.

Caltrain Mobility Hub

2020

Gene Oh, CEO

Gene has led Tranzito since its founding in 2004 and advises California’s largest transit agencies and cities. Gene is adept at leading and building coalitions among varied stakeholders, guided by win-win strategies around a triple bottom line philosophy.

Adam Shapiro, COO

Adam oversees daily operations for Tranzito, including customer support, employee management, field operations, installation and construction management, and logistics. Adam helped refine OpenCar’s liveFleet™ telematics system while at City CarShare; and BikeHub’s access control kiosk platform.

Seth Herr, CTO

Seth is an industry expert in software, telematics, app development, and global registration. Seth oversees the Tranzito hardware, software, and integration development team and strategic partners. Seth was Lead Backend Developer for Spin until its acquisition by Ford.

Larry Yermack, Ext. Strategic Advisor

A 2014 inductee to ITS America’s Hall of Fame, Larry advises Tranzito in transit tolling, ITS, and large-scale transportation policy. His storied career includes being New York City’s first deputy commissioner, deploying the world’s largest electronic toll system, and consulting with Cubic’s E-Z Pass NextCity initiative.

Ashish Parikh, Ext. Strategic Advisor

Ashish brings forward technology and business expertise across Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, electronics, cloud, communications, and customer experience. His work at Arrow Electronics leading IoT Platforms and Solutions helped build a fully agnostic, open source IoT platform as well as develop solutions across Smart & Connected Cities, Industries, and Retail that are deployable.

We can help your smart city mobility project

Do you work for a city or transit agency and want to discuss? Do you have a smart city product or micromobility fleet that needs help?